Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix, Arizona, for discussions with local officials and speech on energy initiatives

US Vice President Dick Cheney receives applause after his motivational speech to the troops of both Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) and neighboring Fort Richardson

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop in Redmond for exhibit viewing, discussions, and a speech at the International Convention of the Family Motor Coach Association

Address on the economy by President Barack Obama [at the James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, Virginia. Speech included announcement of homeowner refinancing assistance initiative as part of effort to boost housing sector.]

Address on the economy by President Barack Obama [at the James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, Virginia. Speech included announcement of homeowner refinancing assistance initiative as part of effort to boost housing sector.]

Address on the economy by President Barack Obama [at the James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, Virginia. Speech included announcement of homeowner refinancing assistance initiative as part of effort to boost housing sector.]

Visit of Secretary Steve Preston to Detroit, Michigan for meetings with civic leaders, speech at the Detroit Economic Club

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-26-08_SOI_K_MI_Tour] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides joining Michigan Congressman John Dingell for a helicopter tour of the] Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, [followed by reception at the Refuge. Earlier, Secretary Kempthorne and Congressman Dingell participated in a press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College, marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.] [48-DPA-07-26-08_SOI_K_MI_Tour_IOD_1467.JPG]

Secretary Shaun Donovan in Detroit, Michigan, [where he met and held a press conference with Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and other city leaders, and spoke at the Detroit Economic Club on the challenges facing older industrial cities and the new, interagency approaches being applied to solve those problems: "Toward a New Economic Engine: Rebuilding the Cities That Built America with the Next Generation of Civic Leaders"]

Visit of Secretary Steve Preston to Detroit, Michigan for meetings with civic leaders, speech at the Detroit Economic Club

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-26-08_SOI_K_MI_Sign] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Monroe, Michigan, [where he joined Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Lieutenant Governor John Cherry, Jr., Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and other officials for press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the] Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge [48-DPA-07-26-08_SOI_K_MI_Sign_IOD_1304.JPG]

Visit of Secretary Steve Preston to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he toured some of the city's public housing communinties (including the Lafitte and C.J. Peete public housing developments), participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a community center near the new Abundance Square-Treasure Village mixed-income community in the Upper Ninth Ward, visited a family (Lillie Daniels and Ronald Craig) that used a HUD program (Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program) to become first-time homeowners, and met with city officials to get a briefing on New Orleans' ongoing [post-Hurricane Katrina] recovery

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